

* Adapted from the Inkplate 6 Arduino example code: * For the Inkplate 6 e-paper display with ESP32: Some of these come out pretty sweet! (Also, some of them don't.) I like the ones where the small outer circles appear nested, like crescent moons. I got an error while uploading: A fatal error occurred: Invalid head of packet (0圎0) – This was resolved by changing the ESP32 upload speed to 115200. I adapted the example sketch from the Inkplate 6 Arduino library, which is really excellent! Here's how to install a library in Arduino, in case you haven't done it before.

I had a new laptop, so had to go through the whooooole installation process: The display freezes while the power is off, so you can easily unplug it or switch it off when you see a pattern you like.

In between, the ESP32 is in low-power, deep sleep mode. It's still very much a work in progress, but very satisfying for a novice coder like me! It displays a new "arcane" circle design every 20 seconds.

I wanted to turn the InkPlate into a display for generative art, so I've started by building a simple version of that project in Arduino. This project is inspired by Ciacco Davide's Alchemy Circles Generator, which uses PHP or C# to create infinite, intricate, alchemy-inspired circular designs.
